(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-18 heading) Division 5-18.
Judicial Advisory Council
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(55 ILCS 5/5-18001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18001)
Sec. 5-18001.
Appointment of Judicial Advisory Council.
In any county of this State containing more than five hundred thousand
inhabitants, it shall be lawful for the County Board to provide by
resolution for the creation of a body, to be known as the Judicial Advisory
Council of the County of ...., with the powers and duties hereinafter
mentioned. Such body shall consist of five members who shall be appointed
by the presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of
the County Board. All shall be persons learned in the law, and two at least
of their number shall be members of the judiciary. The persons thus
appointed shall hold office for four years and until their respective
successors have been duly appointed and qualified. They shall serve without
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in carrying
out the duties defined by this Division.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-18002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18002)
Sec. 5-18002.
Duties of Council.
It shall be
the duty of the Council, by continuous study of the
problems involved, to devise means to effect the improvement of the
administration of justice in and with relation to the county, and to
formulate all proper suggestions and recommendations concerning legislation
and other measures designed to bring about such improvement. Within the
scope of its study shall be the laws of this State relating to judicial
organization, criminal law, criminal procedure and civil procedure; all
matters relating to the apprehension and prosecution of persons charged
with criminal offenses and the penal treatment of persons convicted of such
offenses; the functioning of the courts of the county, both internally and
in relation to all other public agencies of the State and county whose work
connects with that of such courts; the rules of such courts; and the
administrative methods employed therein. The suggestions and
recommendations resulting from such study shall from time to time be
reported in writing to the County Board and, so far as they relate to
legislation, shall also be laid before the Judicial Advisory Council of the
State of Illinois. The Council shall further co-operate with the Judicial
Advisory Council of the State of Illinois in such manner as is or may be
prescribed by law in relation to that body.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-18003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18003)
Sec. 5-18003.
Powers of Council.
The Council
is empowered to prepare and cause to be printed any and
all drafts of bills intended to carry out its recommendations, as well as
any and all reports, memoranda or other papers necessary or incident to the
performance of its tasks. Its members, with a view to obtaining information
and suggestions which will aid in the attainment of its objects, are
authorized to visit and observe the courts of other jurisdictions and to
attend meetings of professional bodies and of associations and groups
engaged in study or research or other work contributing to the
modernization of law or procedure or otherwise looking to better standards
of civil or criminal justice.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-18004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18004)
Sec. 5-18004.
Office quarters.
The county board shall provide and
maintain office quarters for the use of the Council in the transaction of
its business. The number and compensation of the clerical, expert and other
assistance to be engaged by the Council and the amount of expenses to be
incurred by the Council shall annually be fixed by the county board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-18005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18005)
Sec. 5-18005.
Expenses.
The County Board shall appropriate from
the county treasury, from year to year, such sums as it may deem necessary
and reasonable to defray the expenses of the Council in the performance of
its duties.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-19 heading) Division 5-19.
Safety Council
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(55 ILCS 5/5-19001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19001)
Sec. 5-19001.
Creation of safety council.
The county
board of any county may, by resolution, provide for the creation
of a safety council for the county to consist of such number of
members to serve for such terms as may be provided in such
resolution or any amendment thereof. The council may be authorized
to appoint and fix the salary of a safety director and such other
employees as the county board designates. The members of the safety
council shall receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for any
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-19002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19002)
Sec. 5-19002.
Powers and duties of council.
The safety council shall
conduct safety programs and safety educational campaigns to promote the
protection and conservation of life and property and the prevention of
accidents in the county. The council may cooperate with State agencies,
other political subdivisions, municipal corporations and private
organizations in the conduct of such programs and campaigns.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-19003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19003)
Sec. 5-19003.
Appropriations.
The county board may appropriate from
the county treasury such sums as it may deem necessary to defray the
expenses of the safety council in the performance of its duties.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-20 heading) Division 5-20.
Board of Health
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(55 ILCS 5/5-20001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20001)
Sec. 5-20001.
Powers and duties of board of health.
The board
of county commissioners in counties not under township
organization, and the supervisor, assessor and town clerk of every town in
counties under township organization, shall constitute a board of health,
and on the breaking out of any dangerously communicable diseases in their
county or town, or in the immediate vicinity thereof, it may make and
enforce such rules and regulations tending to check the spread of the
disease within the limits of the county or town as may be necessary; and
for this purpose the board may quarantine any house or houses or place where
any infected person may be, and cause notices of warning to be put thereon,
and require the disinfection of the house or place: Provided, that nothing
in this Division shall apply to any territory lying within the corporate
limits of any city or village: Provided, further, that in case the board of
health in any county not under township organization, or of any township in
counties under township organization fails, refuses or neglects to promptly
take the necessary measures to preserve the public health, or in case any
such board of health refuses or neglects to carry out the rules and
regulations of the Department of Public Health, that thereupon the
Department of Public Health may discharge such duties and collect from the
county or township, as the case may be, the reasonable costs, charges and
expenses incurred thereby.
No board of health constituted under this Division shall
function in any county during the period that Division 5-25 is in force
in that county.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-20002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20002)
Sec. 5-20002.
Additional powers.
The boards of health shall
have the following powers:
First--To do all acts, make all regulations which may be necessary or
expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease.
Second--To appoint physicians as health officers and prescribe their
duties.
Third--To incur the expenses necessary for the performance of the duties
and powers enjoined upon the board.
Fourth--To provide gratuitous vaccination and disinfection.
Fifth--To require reports of dangerously communicable diseases.
No board of health constituted under this Division shall
function in any county during the period that Division 5-25 is in force
in that county.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-20003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20003)
Sec. 5-20003.
Violations.
Any person who shall violate or refuse to
obey, any rule or regulation of the said board of health, shall be guilty
of a Class B misdemeanor.
All fines collected under the provisions of this Division
shall be paid into the county treasury of the county in which the suit is
brought, to be used for county purposes, and it shall be the duty of the
State's Attorney in the respective counties to prosecute all persons
violating, or refusing to obey, the rules of said local boards of health.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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